I started a similar task a few years ago. I haven't got very far with the scanning. I bought a Minolta DualScan IV which does an OK job, together with Vuescan software.

Good decision which I doubt you'll regret. This Samsung badged lens (same lens) may still be for sale.

I think that remains to be seen, but you're probably right.

I think so. I prefer my 16-50mm and use the 12-24mm either when space is tight or the scale of the subject (large building) requires it.

But not even the Photoshop user manual (bury your nose in the middle and breath deeply) smells anything like those chemicals . . . oh the aroma of . . . D76, was it? and fixer . . . forgotten the chemical name now. Not forgetting Pot Ferri (Potassium ferricyanide) if that's the right spelling, used as a bleach . . . I think.

I'm not sure what you mean by that. Care to expand on it? If you mean the 2.4 zoom ratio, it shouldn't be a problem at all, but I've no personal experience of this lens.

Not landscapes, but these were all shot with the SMCP-DA 12-24mm at (or very close to) 12mm.
Some of the images display perspective issues but on the whole I'm quite pleased with them. PP'd only in Lightroom (which has no perspective adjustment :evil

These images were taken for a dutch holiday letting web site. The biggest problem I had was keeping the verticals vertical. I haven't achieved it 100%.

For landscapes, I'm not convinced that the extra 2mm of the Sigma 10-20mm is at all useful. Some here have gone through more than 2 copies to get a good one.

Agreed, but that's hindsight, not foresight.

How do you know it'll be a good night if you sleep through it?.

Where I live, a bday is where you wash your a... ! ! !

I feel a deletion coming on.